United States v. Daniel M. Eichberg

This is an appeal from a criminal conviction, in which the principal defense was insanity. Appellant contends that the trial judge should have granted his motion of acquittal, because the government failed to prove responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt.1

There may be a defendant so clearly and so seriously disabled that a jury would be compelled to doubt his responsibility, and this court would reverse a conviction on that ground.2 But ordinarily, “in view of the complicated nature of the decision to be made — intertwining moral, legal, and medical judgments”3 the jury’s verdict must stand.…